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Yertle the Turtle

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bass Tab
★4.8(9)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

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Yertle The Turtle - Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Tabbed By : Nico Drudge

e-mail: masterbasser95@hotmail.com

Tuning:EADG

Riff 1

G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|-------1-3-1-------1--|
E|-3---3-------3-3-3----|

S S S S S S S S s

Riff 2

G|---------------------------12p10--|
D|---------------------10h12--------|
A|-------1-3-1-------1--------------|
E|-3---3-------3-3-3----------------|

S S S S S S S S S S P

Verse

G|-----12---------10-12-X--|
D|-------------------------|
A|----------3h5-X----------|
E|-3-X----3----------------|

S S P S S S P P P

Riff 3

G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-1--|
E|----------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S

Riff 4

G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-----1-1-3-3-5-5----4-4-3--|
E|-3-3-------------3---------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S

Riff 5

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-1-3----1-3----1-1-3\---1-3----1-1-3----1-3----1-1-3----1-3---8-8--|
E|-------------3---------------3---------------3---------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

Outro

G|-----12-12-10---------10-12-X--|
D|-------------------------------|
A|----------------3h5-X----------|
E|-3-X----------3----------------|

S S P P P S S S P P P

Order:

Riff 1

Riff 2

Riff 1 (2x)

Verse (8x)

Riff 2

Riff 1

Riff 3

Riff 4

Riff 5

Verse (16x)

Outro (repeat until fades)

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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